I owe you more than just dinner

[innameof]

And now Griffin is trying to decide if he wants to cook dinner for Mary or take her out. It takes him some time but he decides he spends a great deal of time in the lab and that going out seems like a good plan.

So he finds his favorite place. They served great Greek food and he thought Mary would like it. He got her flowers and called to make sure tonight was still good for their date just to be sure.

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[stormy_skrull]

"Hey, the Foundation's all about recruiting the best and brightest," Mary said. "Which doesn't explain how Ryan got in, but I think they just felt sorry for him..."

[innameof]

"Maybe Jacob wouldn't join without him?" He shrugs as the taxi pulls up to the resturaunt.

[stormy_skrull]

Mary shrugged. "Could be. We all love Ryan. Even when he's sparkly."

[innameof]

"At least he tries. He does that very well," Griffin says with a shrug. "We deal with scary stuff."

[stormy_skrull]

"Okay, yeah," Mary agrees. "Definitely some scary stuff."

[innameof]

"But we do okay," he sheepishly offers. Time to go in, right?

[stormy_skrull]

"We do," she agrees.

Time to go in!

[innameof]

And then they go in!

"O'Niell, table of two," he offers to the man in charge of seating.

[stormy_skrull]

"Nice place," Mary told him. "You come here often?"

[innameof]

"Used to," he admits. "They do a good lunch and always treat everyone like family."

[stormy_skrull]

"Sounds good," she said. "Good when places are like that."

[innameof]

"Yeah."

It doesn't take them long to get a seat either. Griffin looks pleased to see a few people on the wait staff and nods happily to them as they're seated. Griffin makes sure to pull Mary's seat out for her.

[stormy_skrull]

"You're a gent, Griff," she told him as she took her seat.

"So tell me more about yourself, Griff. I know you're an egghead and a cutie-pie...."

[innameof]

"Well.... My Mom was a Chef. So I like cooking. My Grandpa ran a meat market and a fish market. He owned both and I got to hang out there when I was a kid," he explains. "It was..... good times."

He won't mentioned his Dad if he can help.

[stormy_skrull]

"Sounds nice," she agreed. "So how come you're here, and not some fancy super-chef or somethin'?"

[innameof]

"Because I've always been really smart. And I like science. It's just my.... Thing. And becoming a butcher never appealed to me," he says with a slight wince.

[stormy_skrull]

"I know whatcha mean. Dad was always trying to teach me how to fix cars and stuff. Never had the head for it."

[innameof]

He tenses for a moment then just relaxes a bit. "I had other reasons but.... Granddad was a very nice guy. Helped me get into college early."

[stormy_skrull]

"Oh," Mary said, but didn't push the issue. "That's good, though," she added.